Feeding device.



J. W. WILLIAMS.

FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 1916v Patented Dec. 12, 1-916.

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FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-1,1916.

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JOHN W. WILLIAMS, 0]? COZAD, NEBRASKA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed April 1, 1916. Serial No. 88,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cozad, in the county of Dawson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Devices,

of which the following is a specification,-

' including a main feeding member with which coact one or more laterally directed wings adapted to be driven in unison with the main feeding member and whereby said wing or wings may be readily and conveniently adjusted into or out of operative position in accordance with the requlrements of practice.

The invention consists in the details ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved feeding device whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convement and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, T will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in top plan illustrating an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig.

1; and Fig. 4: is a sectional view taken 'substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, F denotes a main feeding member of a character generally employed in connection with threshing machines or the like and herein disclosed as comprising the side boards 1 between which is mounted the table 2. Passing over the table 2 is the upper stretch of the endless member E herein disclosed as comprising side belts 3 the cross bars or slats tied or connected by 1 and which coact with the table 2 in a manner and for a purpose which is believed to be self-evident.

The side belts 3 as herein disclosed are directed around the pulleys 5 suitably affixed to the shaft 6 rotatably supported by the side boards 1 and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, one end portion of the shaft 6 being adapted to be coupled, as indicated at 7, with a suitable source of power. Each of the side boards 1 at the outer end thereof is provided with the upstanding posts 8 which afford a mounting for the shaft 9 disposed longitudinally of the side board 1 and with which is pivotally engaged the side boards 10 of a laterally adjustable wing W, the outward movement of said wing W being determined by the stop 11 carriedby the side board 1 and with which a side board or member 10 is adapted to contact, as is thought to be clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.

The outer or free extremities of the side boards or members 10 are tied or connectedby the non-rotative shaft 12 upon which is 'rotatably mounted the pulleys 1 and around which are directed the side belts 15 p which are also directed around the pulleys 16 fixed to the shaft 9v hereinbefore referred to. .The belts 15 are tied or connected by the cross slats or bars 17 which are adapted to travel above the table or, platform 18 interposed between and secured to the side boards or members 10 of the wing W and overlying the shafts 12 as isclearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawmgs.

Disposed vertically of the side board 1 adjacent the outer end thereof is the rotating shaft 19 having its upper extremity operatively engaged with the shaft. 9, as is indicated at 20, and its lower extremity operatively engaged, as at 21, with the shaft 6 hereinbefore referred to, and it is to be observed that the connections 20 and 21 are such as to cause the upper stretches of the belts 15 to move inwardlylwhen the feeder is in operation so that the grain or the like deposited upon the table or." latform 18 will be discharged upon the e or platform a of the main feeding member F, hereinbefore referred to.

It is to be understood that the grain is adapted to be thrown upon the belts 15- and maintain substantially a horizontal position and it is ,to be observed that the stops 11 are so positioned as to prevent movement of the wings W beyond the plane substantially at right angles to the side boards 1. 1

By having the side boards or members 10 pivotally engaged with the shaft 9, it will be perceived that the wing W may be readily swung inwardly relative to the feeding member F when the device is not in use and as the requirements of practice may require.

From the foregoing description, .it is thought to be obvious that a feeding device constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material depar ture from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

The combination with a feeding member including side boards, an endless conveyer movable between said side boards, and a driving shaft for said conveyer; of posts secured to each of the side boards andtextending thereabove, shafts rotatably supported by the extended portions of the posts .and operatively engaged with the drive shaft of the endless conveyer, a laterally disposed wing pivotally engaged with each of said last named shafts, each of said wings including an endless conveyer movabletoward the feeding member and operatively engaged with the shaft of the adjacent side board 'of the feeding member, and outwardly disposed stops carried by the sides of the feeding member and coacting with the wings for preventing the outward movement of the wings extending beyond substantially the horizontal, said Wings when in substantially a horizontal position occupying a horizontal plane above the horizontal, plane of the side boards of the feeding member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

U. HARRISON, PEARL LANHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for. five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Eatents,

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